Bringing wine aboard ship

[Last Lion]

Boarding Zaandam tomorrow. Have read conflicting information wrt whether we can bring one bottle of wine on board. Can we? And if so, is there a $20 corkage fee?

[POA1]

Yes, and yes. However, you can bring more - as long as you are willing to pay corkage.

[colin v]

According to their FAQ online (but that doesn't mean it is current or correct based on their attention to detail online)

 

Guests 21 years and older may bring Wine and Champagne onboard, however a corkage fee of USD $20.00 (which is subject to change without notice) will be applied to each bottle (max 750 ml in volume or less). Limitations apply. Wine brought in quantities deemed to be excessive by the vessel or security will be refused.

[Laxer]

My wife and I brought a bottle of wine each, for consumption in our stateroom, on each of our eleven HAL cruises over the years. Post covid we have been on four cruises (after corkage fee's for this wine was instituted) and never charged corkage until our most recent departure (January) out of FLL. The stupid thing is we had the Have It All package. Fifteen glasses of wine per day each, already paid for, if we wanted.

   To have a bottle or two for the cabin is just a convenience to enjoy a glass from time to time without having to going out to a bar to get wine. From now on we will forget the expense of bringing on our own wine and drink HAL's when we have the "Have It All".

 

G